git dancin’

2014-11-05

git is a distributed version control system

git is also a lot like dancing

You can dance on your own ..

.. or with your friends

But alone or in groups, git is fun & useful!

git is a useful tool for

tracking changes to files
organizing projects
sharing data and code

Today: the Basic Step

starting a repo
making commits
using remotes

Dancing shoes:

the necessary equipment

Rstudio
git
git bash (windows)

Start the music!

create a new directory
suggestion: not in your desktop
open git bash or terminal

In a terminal

cd path/to/your/directory

git init

Do some work

open a text editor something simple: notepad, gedit, nano
write out the title of a project you're working on:

# This is my title

save in your new directory as README.md

Back in the command line:

git status
git add README.md
git commit -m "adding a readme file"

Back in the editor:

add your name
save
git status
git add .
git commit -m "adding my name"

The Step:

work
save
git add .
git commit
work
save
git add .
git commit

Let's take a look at our progress

git log

git log -p -3

how git stores data

The Three Areas

This is the main thing to remember about Git if you want the rest of your learning process to go smoothly. Git has three main states that your files can reside in: committed, modified, and staged. git book

Other steps (if we have time):

To the side!
```
git branch
```
To the back!
```
git checkout
```

Get out on the floor

Add a remote repository:

First, go to github and start a repository

Follow the steps!

git remote add origin https://github.com/aammd/practice.git
git push -u origin master

Rstudio buttons greyed out?

Github

Organizing classes course website
Lab groups: Weecology
Models e.g. Mutualists and Dispersal model paper
R packages codyn, dplyr, vegan, (see for example Matt Barbour's contribution )
Make your code citable

Cloning a repository

Cloning a repository gives you a copy Let's clone this repository

https://github.com/aammd/git-dance